About Tufts

Tufts is a leader in American higher education, distinctive for its success as a moderately sized university that excels at research and providing students with a personal experience. Our unique combination of research and liberal arts attracts students, faculty and staff who thrive in our environment of curiosity, creativity and engagement.

Mission, Vision & Themes

University Leadership

Tufts at a Glance

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Libraries

Tufts' libraries across all campuses provide essential resources, information and technology to support your studies, scholarship and research.

Tisch Library

Digital Collections & Archives

Ginn Library (The Fletcher School)

Hirsh Health Sciences Library

Lilly Music Library

W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library (SMFA)

Webster Family Library (Veterinary)

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Careers

As a Tufts employee, you become part of a community of hard-working, intellectually curious and creative individuals. We offer a wide range of employment opportunities and resources to support Tufts’ diverse academic environment

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Human Resources

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Brighter World The Campaign for Tufts

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Innovation

We engender a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment with the unique potential to make a significant impact on complex local and global challenges.

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New & Notable

Building a Better Robot to Disinfect for COVID and More

Inspired by a hospital stay, a Tufts team creates a better and cheaper ultraviolet C light device for indoor spaces

Ranking Healthfulness of Foods from First to Worst

New nutrient profiling system, most comprehensive and science-based to date, clears up confusion to benefit consumers, policymakers
This Moon School’s Preparing to Launch—and You Can Help Design It

A nonprofit co-founded by a Fletcher alumna is partnering with NASA on a “learning institution” to benefit all humanity
Tufts Professor Wins New Innovator Grant for Cancer Research

Madeleine Oudin, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, receives $2.3 million award from the National Institutes of Health
Investing for Environmental and Social Impact

Jason and Chloe Epstein fund a new certificate program that links business and sustainability

Events

Spotlights

Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT)

Established to promote innovative collaborations in the humanities and arts. Encourages conversation and debate that reach beyond the traditional borders of a given discipline.
Kaplan Lab

Focuses on biopolymer engineering to understand structure-function relationships, with emphasis on studies related to self-assembly, biomaterials engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
M.S. in Innovation Management

An intensive, one-year professional master’s program that prepares you with important business and leadership skills to hit the ground running earlier in your career.
Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction

Promotes the health, strengths and well-being of humans and animals through multidisciplinary partnerships that foster innovative research, education and service programs in human-animal interaction.
Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC)

Helps meet the need for updated classrooms, large meeting rooms, teaching labs, research labs, and office space, and includes a café and informal learning spaces.
Water: Systems, Science, and Society (WSSS)

A graduate-level program that takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding water issues worldwide. Provides students with the perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems.